The purpose of a beta version is to find bugs before an update release. A beta version can be used with real projects, but make sure to backup your projects regularly.

There is no such thing as software without errors and that applies to Citavi as well! We naturally want to find and eliminate as many bugs as possible, and kindly request that you help us in this endeavour by installing Citavi 5 beta versions. Do everything that you've done up until now and try out any new features. Let us know here in this forum about errors or anything that strikes you as strange.

We're grateful for every reported bug and for any other feedback you would like to share with us!

New or Improved FeaturesCitavi

Reference Manager importing has been improved.

Online proxy support has been improved.

The HTML to PDF conversion has been improved for when a proxy server is used and the HTML page is delivered over an SSL connection.

Links to PDF files in the Knowledge Organizer, Task Planner, and Reference Editor are now displayed by default in the Reference Editor preview pane. If the Ctrl key is pressed while clicking, the file is opened in full screen mode. If Ctrl+Shift is pressed while clicking, the file is opened in a new full screen window.

In the administrative settings, it's now possible to prevent Citavi for DBServer users from creating local projects.

Resolved BugsCitavi

Importing with the Picker for Adobe Acrobat/Reader could lead to database inconsistencies in rare cases.

If many users were working on a Citavi for DBServer project at the same time and saving large amounts of information at once, database inconsistencies could occur.

This version is no longer available.

Hint

Would you like to stay up-to-date with all of the new features and bug fixes we are adding? Subscribe to our Update channel to be alerted to new beta versions! In Citavi, click Tools > Options > General. Press Ctrl+O and then choose the channel you want to subscribe to, in this case "Beta." The "Alpha" channel includes our experimental versions and is not recommended for general users.